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Installing MySQL on Mac OS X Leopard using MacPorts

There comes a time in every Rails developers life that they need to work with MySQL. Often this means that your development comes to a screeching halt as you wade through the various options for getting MySQL installed on your Mac.

This guide won’t help you install it anywhere else… because I am a zealot and I don’t care how to install it anywhere else.

Install MySQL using macports, go get a coffee while this runs its course.